Combined settee and table



Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

\TOSEPHE N; MILLER; 01: B'RALlNE-BD; MINNESOTA onstants; s eat-m I applmaumm d, September lagazastrat s... 58.7582

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Beit. knownthat, I, J 0$ERH. N: MILLER, a i i en of he Uni ed States, resi ing, at

raiuer n: the. coun y -CRO W ng; at f: M nes ta, ha in entedlv ewi an seful Impr vem nts/Lin C mbined Settee and Tables, of which the. fQIlOWing is, a SP ificati'Qm c i The object ofmy' said invention. is the provision of a, simple, strong.- and; easily manipulate v u ceptible of being, re-

- ur ed y folding to a comnact ate so a to be carried in. anailtomobilebody or onan a t obile run ng boards and adapt d to be ped iou ly and easily. unfolded, an set up f r use i her asv a, settee or a. table. o the. ttainm n of e foregoneg 1 he I invention consists in, their improvemfint. as

hereinafter described; and definitely claimed. 7 In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,:.,

Figure lvis a, front eleyation of, improvement as set upfor use.as;- a, setteea.

Figure 2 is an,end.elevation1 of, the same.

Figure 3 is. a Vertical transverse section tak n i th p ane ind cated he lin 373; of Figure 1. v

Figure his an end elevation showing. the deviceassetupifor-use as a table.

Figune; 5 is an; inverted plan, view. of the same! Figure 6' shows; anlend elevation, the. device; as. folded for convenient carriage, in, .or on, an auton' obile to be used incident. toan outing 1 Similar numerals, of reference designate corresponding parts in all, of the vies ITS: of the drawings.

The maibnp t' om Qf y novel device is preferably, though not necessarily, of appropriate wood, and includes spaced major members 1 in parallelism, legs 2 and a cross piece 3 fixedly connecting the same together, curvilinear members 4 and slats 5 fixedly connecting the same together, leaves 6, 7 and 8, and legs 9 as well as the turn button 10.

In addition to the elements indicated con structed preferably of wood, the device comprises links 11 and 12, longitudinally slotted straps 13 and 14, a latch 15 and keeper. 16, brackets 17 and connections all of which are preferably of metal.

The leaf 6 is fixedly and permanently connected to the edges of the members 1,.

and thesaid membersll are provided with SO kQtS 17?, Figurev 5, while, the legs 2 are providedwith sockets 18, Figures 3 and l.

The, leaf; 7;: is provided, at its inner side with, dowel? Pin and when th a s s asasettee back the said dowel pins are arranged in thesockets 18 of'the legs 2, while when the leaf is. used as a part of a table top, Figures 4; and 5, the said dowel pins arq ll f tngedf in, the sockets 17 of the mem. ers, 1.. lso in the use ofthe l'eaf 7f as shown in: Figures 4 and 5 the turn-button -10 isswung; on its, connection 19, Figure 5 so thatcits end portions will rest under the fiiifit leaf 6 and a, fixed cross bar6 on the m m er g re 2 nd, he'.- 'e 8 bearing cleats 8 is designed primarily or use a pa t of. e tebh'wmand; i s detavchablyfastenedin position by the latch 15 and keeper 16, the latter carriedbya cross bar 20. Thelegs2 are; connected with the members 1 through the, medium of the pivotally attached, inks; 11- and 1 nd hence; the. legs 2 are adapted to be swung from: the position, shown in: Figures 2 and (ito that shown inFi'gure 4: and vice versa.

The members. 4 are pivotally connected at 25 to themembers l-so as to. be capable of beings-positioned, bctween the. members; Figure 6, or extended laterally relative heretoas shown in, Figures 15.. The slo ed} straps 1.3. are p otal y c n ected to he bracket ll onthemembers 1, and their sl s n eivev hea d and thr aded bolts 26 n, hemembers -Wing nuts 26* on the 01ts2 6 1fse1uze to adjustably fixthe straps 13, to themembers, 4. The-legs, 9" are pivtal y conn c ed; at. 27 tothe members; 0"

as to:. be, capable of; being. swung from the working position shown in Figures 1-3 to the idle position shown in Figures 4-6 and -vice versa. The slotted straps '14: are pivotally connected to the members 4 and their slots receive headed pins 28 on the inner sides of the legs 9.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that when reduced to the folded state shown in Figure 6 my novel device is very compact and may, therefore, be conveniently carried on the running board of an automobile or in the body at a point back of the front seat and this without crowding the occupants of the back seat. It will also be noted that the device is light and is therefore adapted to be easily removed from the being effected without the assistance of tools. I

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and. preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construotion and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications may be made such as fall within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, whatI claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A foldable combined settee and table comprising spaced major members having dowel sockets, a leaf arranged at right angles to the major members and permanently connected to the outer edges thereof, swinging members pivotally connected to. the

inner or opposed sides of the major members, means connecting the swinging members together and adapted to form a seat, legs pivotally, connected to the swinging members,cslotted straps connecting the major members and the swinging members,

slotted straps connectingthe swinging members and their legs, legs associated with the major members and having dowel sockets in their outer edges, swlnging links connecting the major members and said legs, and a shiftable leaf provided with dowel pins comv plementary to said-sockets and adapted for use'on the outer edges of the major mem bers to form part of maple top and for use on the outer edges of the last mentioned legs to form a settee back.

2. A'foldable combined settee and table comprising spaced major members having dowel sockets, a leaf arranged at right angles to the major members and permanently 'connectedto the outer edges thereof, swinging members pivotally connected to the inner or opposed sides of the major members, meansconnecting the'swinging members together and adapted to form a seat, legs pivotally connected to the swinging members,

slotted straps connecting the major members and the swinging members, slotted straps connecting the swinging members and their legs, legs associated with the major members and having dowel sockets in their outer edges, swinging links connecting the major members and said legs, and. a shiftable leaf provided with dowel pins complementary to said sockets and adapted for use on the outer edges of the major members to form part of a table top and for use on the outer edges of the last mentioned legs to form a settee back, in combination with bars arranged at right angles to the major members, one of said bars in spaced relation to the permanent leaf, akeeper on the other bar, and an auxiliary leaf with cleats, adapted to be opposed to the outer edges of the major members and having a latch detachably engaging said'keeper.

3. A foldable combined settee and table comprising or members, a leaf fixed with respect thereto, a seat hingedly connected to the major members and having foldable legs, foldable table legs connected with the major members, and a shiftable leaf for association with the major members to form part of a table top and for association with the table legs to form a settee back, said elements having means for the attachment-of the shiftable leaf in the said relations.)

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH N. MILLER. 

